READ and PLAY with your favorite baby, ages birth to 17 months! Reading, singing, talking, and playing with your baby from the beginning is important because the roots of language are developing…
Events Calendar
Join The Kids Chef, Lily Kilfoy, for a series of cooking classes for school-age kids, tweens, and their families. Participants will learn about different foods, where they come from, how to…
Children learn by creating and doing! Express yourself through a variety of affirming, mixed-media projects for all ages with Meadowood's own Lashay the Artist. Children of all ages are welcome!…
READ and PLAY together with children 5 & under! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills…

READ and PLAY together with children 5 & under! Stories, songs, and rhymes for about 20 minutes, followed by playtime and an art project.
Engaging with books, songs, and playful…
READ and PLAY together with children under age 5! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills and…
A special storytime series woven together with playful mindfulness practices for children and their caregivers to do together. Comfy clothing encouraged!
Books, songs and mindful practices…
READ and PLAY with your favorite baby! Reading, singing, talking, and playing with your baby from the beginning is important because the roots of language are developing in a baby’s brain even…
Growing Voices Music Class is an interactive class for caregivers and their children, birth-5, to play, learn, and bond with music. In our classes we sing, play instruments, dance, and have fun…
Children learn by creating and doing! Express yourself through a variety of affirming, mixed-media projects for all ages with artist Rosi!
Children of all ages are welcome! No…
Drop-in knitting. All experience levels welcome. Children under 9 must be accompanied by an adult for duration of program. Yarn and Needles provided for in-library use.
Please join us to play chess at our weekly, drop-in program! All ages and experience levels welcome.
Children learn by creating and doing! Stop by to make art with our summer artist in residence, Elias. Each week will offer a different fun, hands-on project for kids of all ages! Children of…
Join other kids, teens, and community members for a relaxing art workshop. Use paint markers, stickers, and collage to decorate a wooden picture frame. There will also be the option to…
Sing and Dance to the music of Corey Hart! For ages 12-24 months, but all ages welcome.
Learn about some animal friends with representatives from the Henry Vilas Zoo! All ages welcome.
READ and PLAY together with children ages 5 and under! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills…
Join us for a casual playdate for babies ages birth to 18 months and their caregivers. This neighborhood event will include play materials, books, and early literacy resources. Siblings are…
Kids, teens, and their caregivers are invited to cook with Chef Lily at Hawthorne Library! Participants will prepare and enjoy a wide variety of recipes, while learning about meal planning,…
So you want to rule the world but the pesky Giants are already in the way? Well lets take over this realm and live in luxury. Our brave heroes who once united to liberate the world have now…
Gathers most Thursday evenings! Middle and high school students can meet other aspiring authors, bounce ideas off one another, share their stories, and feel the creativity flow! Writing club is…
Enjoy dance, creative movement, songs and stories that get children thinking creatively and problem solving while having fun. Creative Movement and Dance is brimming with energy,…
Read and play with your favorite preschooler! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills—all of…
Join artist Amy Mietzel for some art using all kinds of wonderfully messy materials on the Pinney Patio! For ages 2-12.
The Hawthorne Anime Club was created to give people a place to gather, watch, and talk about Japanese animation. The club is intended for adults and older teens. All screenings will be in…